Larry Cohen (soccer)

Larry Cohen

Personal information
Full name	Larry Jason Cohen
Date of birth	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Position(s)	Central defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Highlands Park
	Balfour Park
	Corinthians F.C. (South Africa)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Jomo Cosmos	48	(2)
2010–2011	Wits University
2012	Witbank Spurs	25	(2)
2012	Mpumalanga Black Aces	0	(0)
2012–2013	Chippa United	22	(2)
2013–2015	Moroka Swallows	57	(3)
2015–2016	Ajax Cape Town	0	(0)
Total		152	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 March 2015

Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987) is a former South African professional soccer player of Lithuanian descent who last played for Ajax Cape Town. ^[1]

Personal

Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s. ^[2]

On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen. ^[3] He received his first call up for the Lithuanian national football team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England, but FIFA did not allow Cohen to play for Lithuania. ^[4]

Playing career

After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010. ^[5]

References

1. "MTN Football Page has moved". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
2. "Cohen confident of survival". Football365.co.za. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
3. Skvernelis, Saulius (21 November 2014). "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos pilietybės atkūrimo". e-tar.lt. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
4. Augustis, Mindaugas (23 March 2015). "FIFA neleido afrikiečiui žaisti Lietuvos rinktinėje". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
5. Fakude, Ernest (10 March 2010). "Cosmos lose Cohen to Wits". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.